Kerry Kittles turns 30 on June 12, the same day the Nets are expected to submit their expansion draft to the league with his name on it.
With the Charlotte Bobcats entering the NBA next season, a Nets source said the franchise's second all-time leading almost certainly will be left unprotected for the June 22 expansion draft.

All non-NBA Finals teams must hand in their list 10 days before that draft. However, whether the Bobcats take Kittles remains to be seen.

"That is part of the business," said Kittles, who was drafted by the Nets in 1996 and has 7,073 points to trail only Buck Williams (10,440) as the franchise's all-time leading scorer. "Teams are going to make decisions. That is not something I can worry about."